点废成绿 Greening the Beige (GtB) is an eco-minded arts collective and not-for-profit community network dedicated to nurturing awareness of environmental issues. 点废成绿 GtB promotes and celebrates earth friendly artists and organizations in Beijing.
"Why are we being forced to choose between the economy and the environment? We tend to forget that without an environment we would not have an economy, as everything we consume and I mean everything comes from our environment."
~ Franke James (contemporary artist, photographer, writer)
Beijing's landfills are getting full fast! Reduce the "trash" you throw away by purchasing products with minimal packaging. Look for reusable, recyclable, and biodegrable items and remember to carry your reusable shopping bags!
Greening the Beige is proud to announce its return at the INTRO 2011: Beijing Electronic Music Festival.
"The Carbon Cube" has been presented by GtB & friends on numerous occasions between 2009 - 2010, demonstrating the size and scale of the average person's carbon footprint per day. Drawing inspiration from this climate art (gift from 350.org Art Ambassador, Kevin Buckland) this year GtB returns with student volunteers from the Global Sustainable Leaders Forum & Central Academy of Fine Art to present
"THE GARBAGE CUBE"
Interactive Artwork Description
What's the big deal?
China’s urban landfills are expected to reach capacity by 2020.
So what?
Waste management solutions are not only critical to combat the rapid disappearance of environmental resources, but vital in solving China’s various pollution problems. For example, reducing the volume of household trash by one kilogram daily could cut carbon emissions by 2.06 kg per day – with China’s 370 million households combined, that’s a savings of 762.2 million kg of carbon emissions daily.
So what can I do about it?
Throughout the INTRO 2011 festival, please donate your trash materials to "The Garbage Cube", an interactive eco-art piece designed by Greening the Beige (点非成绿）, volunteer students from the Central Academy of Fine Art & Global Sustainable Leaders Forum. These green cheerleaders will turn your trash into art during the party, teach you a thing or two about waste management and then recycle/dispose of your refuse properly after the festival is over. Xiexie and have a nice day!
For photos of the original artwork (The Carbon Cube) that inspired The Garbage Cube, please click here.
And for those who might want to get involved and lend a hand, we are still seeking at least 2 volunteers (no artistic/design experience necessary) to help run the cube from May 21-22 for a minimum of 5 hours each day (in exchange for 1 free pass -each- to the festival). Please send your statement of interest to info@greeningthebeige.org to apply.
Looking forward to hearing from ya soon!
Mad love to AR for making this opportunity for us to REACH OUT possible.
Treehugs'11.
在2009年至2010年间点废成绿以及其朋友们将“碳立方”在不同的场合展现给了公众，它所展现的尺寸和规模正是每天每个人平均消耗的碳的量。点废成绿从气候嘉年华（来自350.org以及艺术大使Kevin Buckland的礼物）得到了灵感，今年携手全球可持续性发展领导论坛以及中央美术学院的志愿者一起为公众展现一个全新的生态艺术展品---“垃圾立方体”。
点废成绿很自豪献上我们的“垃圾立方体”
有什么大不了的？
中国都市的垃圾填埋场在2020年将达到其最大容量。
然后呢？
废品管理的解决方法不仅对应对环境资源的快速消失有着重要的作用，而且在解决中国各种各样的环境问题也很关键。比如，如果每日减少1千克的家庭产生的垃圾量，那么每天就会减少2.06千克的碳排放–——中国三亿七千万的家庭联合起来，每天就会减少七亿六千二百二十万的碳排放。
如果这样，那我们需要做些什么呢？
通过 INTRO 2011 Festival, 您可以将您的垃圾材料捐献给“垃圾立方体”，它是一个由点废成绿设计的互动性的生态艺术品。
为应对全球垃圾问题找出一系列的富有创意的解决方案，请行动起来加入我们 或 让点废成绿的生态艺术家们将你的垃圾现场做成艺术品，然后在活动结束后我们会以合适的方式回收或处理这些废品。
我们同样希望能够找到愿意加入我们的志愿者，至少两名。
不需要你有艺术的天赋和设计的能力，只需要你有为环境做点贡献的决心和热情。
志愿者的工作主要是在5月21日至22日负责“垃圾立方体”，每天需要工作5小时，志愿者可以免费参加这次的活动。如果你有意向加入我们，请将你的简历或个人简述发送至info@greeningthebeige.org进行申请！！
还等什么呢，快点联系我们，加入我们吧！！！
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350.org follow-up on the cube
Check-out a few favorite photos from The Garbage Cube premiere & write-up for our friends at 350.org:
http://www.350.org/en/about/blogs/garbage-cube-art-and-climate-education...
..............................garbage in, garbage out